It’s not the words but the music that counts.
BENJAMIN SPOCKIn our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God.
More Benjamin Spock Quotes
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Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
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I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.
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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.
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Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
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Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically.
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People have said, “You’ve turned your back on pediatrics.” I said, “No. It took me until I was in my 60s to realize that politics was a part of pediatrics.”
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Physical punishment teaches children that the larger, stronger person has the power to get his way, whether or not he is in the right, and they may resent this in the parent-for life.
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Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.
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Don’t take too seriously all that the neighbors say. Don’t be overawed by what the experts say. Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.
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Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it.
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There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother’s age.
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If I could make only one wish for a child, I’d wish him the quality of lovingness.
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Every child senses, with all the horse sense that’s in him, that any parent is angry inside when children misbehave and they dread more the anger that is rarely or never expressed openly, wondering how awful it might be.
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Biologically and temperamentally… women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.
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